U.S. Federal Government
Fed. Agencies
Directory (LSU) ·
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/
· Searchable list of U.S. agencies and
all branches of U.S. government. Links directly to
agency web site.
Catalog of U.S.
Gov. Publications (GPO Monthly Catalog) ·
http://catalog.gpo.gov/
· U.S. government is the largest
publisher in the world. Official online catalog of
all publications. Many of documents are now
electronic and may be downloaded directly from the
catalog.
Documents Data
Miner: List of Classes ·
http://govdoc.wichita.edu/ddm/ClassSel.asp (select
"List of Classes Link)
· Subject organization of U.S. government
publications. Use in conjunction with
Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications.
FedWorld
· http://www.fedworld.gov
·
Provided by U.S. Commerce Department. Provides
links to several important search engines: FirstGov
(searches 30 million U.S. gov. pages);
National Technical Information Service
(NTIS) Library;
Federal Government Jobs; and
SciTech Resources.
Federal Information
Subject Lists (Duke Univesity) ·
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/federal/guides/fed_sub.html
· Subject organization of federal
information. Links to federal agencies, libraries,
and other sites.
Google Uncle Sam
(federal and state gov. documents only) ·
http://www.google.com/unclesam
· Google site dedicated to searching
federal and state government pages.
Library of
Congress: Government Publications ·
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/lcgovd.html ·
Library of Congress guide to government and
military publications.
Moody's Sources for
Agency Searching · http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/publish/mmoody/lis424/asources.html
· Site is no longer updated but has many
useful suggestions by a prominent government
document librarian.
University of
Michigan Documents Center ·
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/. Premier
site for locating government documents and
statistics.
State Governments
State Gov.
Publications ·
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/StateList/check/check.htm
· Comprehensive site linking to catalogs of
government publications for 32 states. Catalogs are
similar to GPO Catalog.
State Gov.
Institutions & Agencies ·
http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/states/states_resources_index.htm
· Free site provided by Lexis with links to state
governments, agencies, and branches of government.
See also
Findlaw's State Resources site at http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html.
Foreign Governments
Foreign Gov. (NWU)
· http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html
· Comprehensive listing of links to
foreign governments on the web. Provided by
Northwestern University Library.
Guide to Law
Online: Nations of the World (LOC) ·
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
· Comprehensive guide provided by the
U.S. Law Library of Congress.
International Organizations
(see also
Special Techniques
tab)
United Nations
UN Official Site
· http://www.un.org/english/
· Official United Nations site.
UN Document Center
· http://www.un.org/documents/
· Official site site with links to
various UN branches, the UN Library, the UN
Bibliographic Information System, the Official
Document System, and UN InfoQuest. A research guide
is also available.
European Union
EU Official Site
· http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
· Gateway to the European Union.
EU Documents
· http://europa.eu/documents/index_en.htm
· Official Guide to the various databases
and repositories of EU documents.
Eur-Lex
· http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
· Official web site for EU Documents
including the
Official Journal, treaties, case law,
legislation, proposed legislation, and parliamentary
questions.
European Parliament
Legislative Observatory ·
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/index.jsp?language=en
· Monitors new EU legislation.
PreLex ·
http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en
· Monitors decision making between
various EU institutions, including the Commission
and Secretariat General.
CURIA ·
http://curia.europa.eu/en/instit/presentationfr/index_cje.htm
· Access case decisions of The Court of
Justice, Court of First Instance, and Civil Service
Tribunal.
European Commission
Libraries Catalogue (ECLAS) ·
http://europa.eu.int/eclas/
· Catalog for the EU Commission Library.
EU Institutions and
Other Bodies · http://europa.eu/institutions/index_en.htm
·
Guide to EU agencies and institutions with links to
their websites.
Other Regional & Global Organizations
International Gov.
Organizations Index (NWU) ·
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html
· Comprehensive site of international and
multinational organizations.
Guide to Law
Online: Multinational Reference (Law Library of
Congress) · http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/multiref.html
· Includes links to some multinational
and regional organizations. Also includes links to
information and web sites of many foreign
governments.